Portfolio work- Class work- Lyric Challenge.

In this lesson we were shown the lyrics of of the song 'Life is a Gun' by Jay Malinowski. However we were not shown the song and we had to think of an idea for a music video with just the lyrics. Here are the lyrics for the song:-

Deep in the past
We can trigger to the barrel blast
On the avenue
Where I would crash into you

What's done is done and life is a gun
Life is a gun on the run
Oh my dear, isn't life a gun
A story shotgun that came undone
We came undone

New York's cold
On the road we became old
Standing still
But I'm running against all my will

What's done is done and life is a gun
Life is a gun on the run
Oh my dear, isn't life a gun
A story shotgun that came undone
We came undone

The well won path
Was never something I would walk
So lay it down
Lay these guns in the ground

What's done is done and life is a gun
Life is a gun on the run
Oh my dear, isn't life a gun
A story shotgun that came undone

What's done is done and life is a gun
Life is a gun on the run
Oh my dear, isn't life a gun

After reading these lyrics I had some ideas that were very similar to the music video 'Empire' By the Kasabian and during our brainstorming we were also given the video 'This Momentary' by Delphic as is had certain elements that we had included in our idea.

Here is our groups idea :-

The whole video would be in black and white and there will be hints of blue and red. It is set in the abandoned streets of New York. It will be a tracking shot of adolescent (18-20) year old boys in cold war or Soviet uniform. The uniform will be the hints of colour. There is a hint that these people are ghosts from the past walking in modern Apocalypse streets.  Most of the video will be filmed in slow motions. 

After this we were then shown the official music video with music. This changed our ideas quite a bit and after watching it, we were told to change our ideas according to the music we have just heard.  Our group believed that we didn't need to make many changes except from not having the video in slow motion and whilst we follow the group with a tracking shot they begin to lead the audience into more normal, well kept streets of new york and colour begins to come back. We also thought on inserting shots of the men dropping their guns and uniform coats, almost like they are disposing of their war far. 

This exercise was really interesting and gave me an over view of how music and lyrics are important in creating a music video and that you can not or look either aspect.